As reported

Unknown over Northampton (UK/England) · United Kingdom

A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.

The report, as filed

Cluster of intense bluish white flashing lights, no 'solid' object visible.

Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center. Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.

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Routed to: UK Ministry of Defence · records window 2003-01-11 → 2003-01-28

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We were walking our child and I noticed a bright red/ orange light in the sky coming towards us - it wasn't a plane, we stopped to look up then it started to dim its lights and then was gradually moving away until it disappeared. It was some sort of craft - oval/ tear drop shape. It was dark but a clear night with fight cloud formation so we could see the whole thing relatively clearly.

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